Qualitative observations of dungeness crabs, Cancer magister, in and around traps: Evidence of resource guarding and clustering

Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-146

  Barber, Julie S ^a,b   Stanley Cobb, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Glacier Bay National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cancer magister; Dungeness crab; Fishing pots; Resource defense; Trap fisheries

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CRUSTACEAN; TRAP FISHING;

CANCER MAGISTER; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 70449435238     PISSN: 10236244     EISSN: 10290362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236240902860011     Document Type: Article

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